Citizen Report No. 1652905400 - 612582059

On 07/04/2019 - Wilson Police Dispatcher received a call about; "A man running down the street screaming" - That man was Jared Lakey, just 28 years old.  Jared would later die on 7/06/2019 as a result of the injuries he sustained at the hands of THREE police officers.  Brandon Dingman, Joshua Taylor, and David Duggan.  

The attached police footage shows that although Lakey appeared to be experiencing confusion (information received later would indicate he had a medical condition consistent with symptoms of mental confusion), Lakey was not violent towards the officers.  Court documents indicate that Dingman and Taylor tased Lakey for approximately 9 minutes and sources cited a total of "53" tasings in that time, to include simultaneously tasing him (taser manufactures warn this "may cause death").  

Radio traffic indicates one of the officers telling dispatch "Three tasers deployed" - although footage only ever shows two.  Footage also indicates that an officer claims they were responding to a "domestic", implying that Lakey was a suspect of domestic abuse, although the dispatch call was simply "a man running down the street screaming".  The officers also falsely state that Lakey was combative prior to the Carter County Deputy, Duggan, arriving on scene.

Upon arrival, Dugan, initiates a "Choke Hold" on Lakey, even though Lakey was not showing signs of aggression/combativeness, on the contrary he had yelled out "help me" more than once during the assault.  

On July 1st of 2020, Charges were filed against both Dingman and Taylor (see CF-2020-00222, and CF-2020-00221 in Carter County) - NOT Duggan.  The two, now former, Wilson Police officers were later convicted by a jury of 2nd Degree Murder and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon. 

Ironically, court records indicate that Taylor was arrested by his accomplice, David Duggan.  During the criminal case, it was brought to the attention of the court that the then Carter County Sheriff's Deputy, David Duggan, had recorded a meeting he attended with Carter County District Attorney, Craig Ladd and Carter County DA's Investigator Marc Sanders, where DA Ladd "encouraged" Duggan to resign in exchange for no criminal charges being filed against Duggan for his participation in the murder of Lakey (AKA: Duggan's Chokehold).  The conversation (See - "Motion to Disqualify" attached - transcript of conversation is "Exhibit 1") illustrates ethical violations by Ladd and his Investigator as well as a very clear abuse of prosecutorial discretion and the motion it's self points to a fairly obvious "brady violation", as Ladd tried to withhold the recording from defense council, claiming it was "under seal" in the Federal Civil Court.  Judge Morris of Carter County District Court, who oversaw the jury trial denied the motion to disqualify Ladd and also denied the recorded conversation or the transcript there of from being entered into evidence in the trial.  The jury was unable to evaluate the evidence that Duggan, whom testified against Dingman and Taylor, had secured himself an agreement to avoid a prison sentence in exchange for his cooperation with DA Ladd. 

There is a Civil Case in The US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma that is ongoing for the wrongful death of Jared Lakey.  As for Dingman and Taylor, they are currently requesting appeals for post-conviction relief.  It is believed that David Duggan has taken Craig Ladd up on his offer and resigned from the Carter County Sheriff's Department and thus far has avoided prosecution for his part in the murder of Jared Lakey.  It is unknown at this time if he has secured employment once more in law enforcement.